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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Congress averts a shutdown, but has yet to succeed in cutting out of control spending.  Florida asks the Supreme Court to allow the state to enforce its law blocking adults from taking minors to drag shows. The court says no.  President Joe Biden is not likely to face criminal charges in his classified document case.  Israel allows fuel i...

The world needs to understand that Hamas is “a brutal terrorist organization, [and] that it's only starting with Israel,” Sawsan Hasson says.  According to Hasson, head of public diplomacy at the Embassy of Israel in Washington, Hamas’ leaders have been quite vocal that they plan to carry out similar acts of violence against the United States and Americans. The Daily Signal spoke with Hasson at th...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: President Joe Biden met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for four hours Wednesday.  A pro-Palestine and pro-cease-fire protest outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters became.  Israeli troops continue their search of Shifa Hospital in Gaza.  The House Ethics Committee releases a damning report on New York Republican lawmaker G...

Every Senate Democrat voted in opposition to a stand-alone Israel aid package.  The package, which passed in the House Nov. 2, would have provided Israel with $14.3 billion and was set to pull funding from President Joe Biden’s IRS budget to do so.  On Tuesday, Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., used a special motion to call for a vote on the Israel package on the Senate floor, taking his Democrat colle...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: U.S. allies with China against our own interests to fight climate change Vivek Ramaswamy targets Ronna Romney McDaniel Tlaib is a member of a pro-Hamas Facebook group The Daily Signal is Exclusively live streaming a Republican presidential candidate forum on Friday Relevant Links Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www...

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is expected to face a barrage of questions regarding the security threats at America’s southern border at another hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.  Mayorkas is set to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee at a hearing on “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland.” The homeland security chief recently testified before the Senate Appropriat...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The March for Israel in Washington, D.C. draws a crowd of tens of thousands.  Congress is focused on averting a government shutdown – and others want to ensure accountability over government spending.  A sitting U.S. Senator challenges a witness to a fight during a hearing.  An appeals court in Finland dismisses “hate speech” charges agai...

Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice lays out her strategy for the "David and Goliath" struggle to win school board elections in the face of the teachers unions' stranglehold, following another historic election cycle in which the 3-year-old organization racked up 50 wins, but fell short in many other races. "It is a bit of a David-and-Goliath moment in American politics, but we're really e...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Former President Donald Trump’s sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, dies.  The Israeli Defense Minister says Hamas has lost control of the Gaza strip.  A Secret Service agent opens fire on suspects attempting to break into a government vehicle.  South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott announced he is dropping out of the Republican presidential primary. I...

Florida has once again been ranked No. 1 among the states on The Heritage Foundation's Education Freedom Report Card, which was released at an event Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa.  "They have universal education choice in that state. Any child who wants it can exercise school choice," says Lindsey Burke, director of The Heritage Foundation's Center for Education Policy. (The Daily Signal is the new...

Andrew Biggio was excited to show his neighbor, a WWII veteran, the M1 Garand rifle he had recently purchased. The weapon was the most common rifle used in WWII, and Biggio thought his elderly neighbor would appreciate holding the gun.  “When I put that rifle into his hands and he raised it into his shoulder and started waving it around the room and pointing and smiling, and we talked about the Ba...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The White House reports that Israel has agreed to begin daily four-hour pauses on all military operations in Gaza.  Both the U.S. and Israel have carried out separate airstrikes against Iranian-backed groups in Syria. Ukraine takes credit for killing a Putin ally known as “the executioner.”  Axios reports that abortion ballot measures mig...

The third Republican presidential debate was held on Wednesday night in Miami. Five candidates took the stage: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.  Former President Donald Trump was again absent, choosing instead to hold a rally in a Miami suburb.  NBC News’ Les...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Our colleague Tyler O’Neil reports that Anti-Israel protesters briefly derailed a House Judiciary Committee hearing on free speech and antisemitism on college campuses Wednesday morning: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/11/08/free-palestine-protesters-disrupt-campus-antisemitism-hearing/ Pro-life activist Mark Houck and his wife, Ryan-Mar...

Parents should have the right to know what their children are being taught in school and to have their voices heard when they have concerns. That’s why Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., introduced the Parents Bill of Rights.  “It's actually appalling to me ... that we have to have a Parents Bill of Rights, but in today's age, it's absolutely necessary, because parents always deserve a seat at the table wh...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Election Day 2023 is in full swing in the U.S.  A Jewish man who attended a pro-Israel rally “died as a result of injuries sustained during an altercation at a Pro-Israeli / Pro-Palestinian event,” according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.  Nashville Police Chief John Drake confirmed that leaked pages of the Nashville shooter’s ma...

Patrick Ruffini is a Republican pollster with a reputation for deciphering data and spotting trends. His new book, “Party of the People: Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP,” takes a deep dive into one of the biggest political realignments of our lifetime. Ruffini spoke with The Daily Signal about the demographic changes that are rapidly transforming America’s two biggest po...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Former President Donald Trump takes the stand in the fraud case brought against him.  The Israel Defense Force zeros in on northern Gaza. David Axelrod says President Joe Biden should consider whether to stay in the 2024 presidential race or not.  Rolling Stone publishes an article targeting the newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson. ...

The lead vocalist, bassist, and songwriter for a top Christian rock band is sounding the alarm about the "woke" ideology of critical race theory and transgender identity, insisting that Christians cannot afford to sit on the sidelines as this competing worldview takes over the culture. Skillet's John Cooper will release a new book this month on the topic entitled "Wimpy, Weak, and Woke." "The main...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The House of Representatives passed a nearly $14.5 billion aid package for Israel on Thursday evening. In related news, Israel is not in favor of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s calls for a “humanitarian pause” in Gaza.  The terrorist organization Hezbollah has applauded the October 7 attack against Israel, which killed more than 1,40...

The Biden administration should act quickly to support an aid package for Israel, thus sending a clear message to Iran as the Jewish state seeks to root out Tehran-backed Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, Sen. Roger Marshall urges.  “Leave it to President Biden to blow an opportunity to bring a clear, precise, quick, unhesitant message to the people of Iran, the terrorists from Iran, the terrori...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Some Senate Republicans come out in opposition against Sen. Tommy Tuberville and his efforts to change a pro-abortion Pentagon policy.  The House prepares to vote on a $14.3 billion aid package for Israel.  The new House speaker is questioned over the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.  Five Democrat mayors askBiden for a meeti...

As the war between Israel and Hamas rages on, Jake Denton, research associate for The Heritage Foundation’s Tech Policy Center, breaks down what the role of artificial intelligence has been in the conflict. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.) “I think the one that everyone jumps to is the [artificial intelligence]-generated content, deepfakes, things of that nature,” ...

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, criticized Senate Democrats over their plan to subpoena billionaires Harlan Crow and Robin Arkley II and conservative activist Leonard Leo.  Speaker Mike Johnson opened up about his Christian faith and how it informs his politics in an interview with The Daily Signal https://www.dailys...

Dinesh D‘Souza’s newest film, “Police State,” chronicles the real-life stories of everyday Americans who have endured the wrath of a weaponized government and of the whistleblowers who are exposing its abuse of power. The film will be shown Wednesday at a red-carpet event at Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump’s estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump, who is currently facing 91 felony charges...